Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Wednesday, February 25, 2026 features 76 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.0 letters. The longest answer is "pattismith".
Total Clues
76
Longest
pattismith
Avg Length
5.0
Shortest
CAN
ALLComplete Solution List
Campbell's container
3CAN
Sports complex
5ARENA
Air quality factor
4SMOG
The Jazz, on scoreboards
3UTA
Cuddly pooch
6lapdog
University of New Mexico athlete
4LOBO
"Because the Night" singer-songwriter
10pattismith
Siberian city
4OMSK
Twitter
5CHIRP
Grumpy person
4CRAB
Fed. health law
3ACA
Dialect in some Black communities, for short
4aave
"Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" singer-songwriter
10peteseeger
Tear sheet?
7KLEENEX
Flair
6TALENT
"Mars Attacks!" creatures, in brief
3ets
Celtic priest of old
5DRUID
Son of Zeus
4ARES
"You Can Call Me Al" singer-songwriter
9paulsimon
Ralph Lauren brand
4POLO
Buff
5TONED
Sked abbr.
3TBD
Device for smoking shisha
6hookah
On an elite level, informally
7godtier
"Poetry Man" singer-songwriter
10phoebesnow
Wine category
4REDS
Jungfrau, for one
3ALP
Balm-yielding succulent
4aloe
Small but powerful group
5cadre
History
4PAST
Beatles hit on "Please Please Me," which could be dedicated to 16-, 24-, 35-, and 50-Across
10psiloveyou
Yale students
4ELIS
Praying insect
6MANTIS
Dawn goddess
3EOS
__ and file
4RANK
Short-lived Ford model
5EDSEL
Private chats on soc. media
3DMS
Treat baked in a fluted liner
7cupcake
No longer moving
7ATAHALT
Longtime residents
7natives
Some Energizers
3aas
Turntable meas.
3RPM
Order
5EDICT
___ Dame de Paris
5NOTRE
Shocked
6AGHAST
__-mo replay
3SLO
Certain representative for a child actor, casually
7momager
More than indecent
7OBSCENE
Kids' racers
7GOKARTS
Sass
3LIP
Cherry or lime
4tree
Arthur in the Television Hall of Fame
3BEA
Lima's country
4PERU
Jump for joy
5EXULT
Flair
4ELAN
Secret-protecting doc
3NDA
Late start?
3ISO
Down Under canine
5dingo
Jab
4POKE
__ Mix cat food
4meow
That's ... strange
3ODD
Element of a basic reading test?
7phpaper
How swanky!
7OOHLALA
Keeps updated
7loopsin
Like much Grateful Dead merch
7tiedyed
Double space?
7bedroom
The Lorax creator
7drseuss
Legal org.
3ABA
"I could use a hand"
6helpme
Four-time NBA All-Star Young
4trae
"Deeply unfortunate"
5sosad
Düsseldorf denials
5NEINS
Walgreens rival
3CVS
Disappointed cluck
3tsk
Cell service letters
3LTE
Part of EVOO
3OIL
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